New out May 5, 2026
Platform Decay
- 140
- Pages
- about 2.5 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 1 week on the list, peaked at #9
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Our view
“Platform Decay” is Murderbot on familiar ground: a rescue mission and far more human company, children included, than it would like. At 140 pages it is a short entry in a long series. Some readers call it solid; others feel it marks time without knowing what it is after, or find the constant inner commentary noisy. For those already attached to the narrator.
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About the book
A most-anticipated title from USA Today, Goodreads, BookPage, BookRiot, Seattle Times, and The Nerd Daily! Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment of Martha Wells' bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries series. Having someone else support your bad decision feels kind of good. After volunteering to run a rescue mission, Murderbot realizes that it will have to spend significant time with a bunch of humans it doesn't know. Including human children. Ugh. This may well call for... eye contact! (Emotion check: Oh, for f—) The Murderbot Diaries All Systems Red Artificial Condition Rogue Protocol Exit Strategy Network Effect Fugitive Telemetry System Collapse Platform Decay At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Reading order · The Murderbot Diaries
Full order & progress →- The Future of Work: CompulsoryThe Future of Work: Compulsory–Not ranked yet
- All Systems RedStart here
8.38.3 / 10 - Artificial Condition
8.48.4 / 10 - Rogue Protocol
8.38.3 / 10 - Exit Strategy
8.58.5 / 10 - Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory
7.97.9 / 10 - Network Effect
8.98.9 / 10 - Fugitive Telemetry
8.38.3 / 10 - System Collapse
8.28.2 / 10 - Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy
7.97.9 / 10 - Platform DecayThis book
8.08.0 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 356 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 71% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 356 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Platform Decay?
It has 140 pages — shorter than 99% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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